Best PlacesSpirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth ranks 3,509th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Short commute17.8 minutes each way, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
- Household income$59,312 median, better than only 26% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC−, better than only 31% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,312, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth's effective rate of 1.07%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth.
Who works in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth, and how
Work in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth, month by month
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 8° |
| April | 47° | 37° | 29° |
| July | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth
The nearest airport, Duluth International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth
Schools across Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth average a C−, better than 31% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Bay View ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Raleigh Primary/el AcademyC+ · 38% proficient
- Stowe ElementaryC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lincoln Park Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- A.i. Jedlicka Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Proctor Senior HighB+ · 53% proficient
- Denfeld High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth
Is Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth ranks 3,509th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and short commutes, and lowest on internet speeds and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,868. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $59,312 median income, cost of living beats 38% of neighborhoods.
Is Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth safe?
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth is safer than 47% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $534 per resident a year.
Compare Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spirit Valley-Denfeld-Norton Park, Duluth detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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